"Happiness is an imaginary condition‚ formerly often attributed by the living to the dead‚ now usually attributed by adults to children‚ and by children to adults." Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)‚ U.S. psychiatrist. "Emotions‚" The Second Sin (1973). Szasz is stating that since happiness is an imaginary condition‚ basically no one has it and it does not exist. Although it is a feeling and can be internal‚ happiness is what we make it out to be. Certain things such as money and having the most expensive
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The Seven Deadly Sins mentioned by Mahatma Gandhi are: * Wealth without work Nowadays we can see the evidence of people love to gain money without even have to do some work. Well‚ we might love to do that. I do want to if I could‚ haha. However‚ if we take a deep sight of it‚ we can see that there will be only two probabilities of people having some wealth without doing any efforts: (1) those people are heading towards laziness and poverty‚ (2) those people do corruptions. No offense‚ but money
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was nothing unusual in human history and provided critic of the empire’s ideals. Father Joe never seemed to be disappointed or distracted by Tony’s life happenings. It was just a part of Tony’s life journey. In the City of God‚ original sin appears as the sin of pride. The city is Augustine’s metaphor of choice simply because‚ in his day‚ the city was the cultural and political model. Father Tom uses “defining satire” as a metaphor to help Tony see a different perspective of his life this metaphor
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The name of our company is SOINS Sdn Bhd. The name of ‘SOINS’ Sdn. Bhd is inspired by the French word ‘SOINS’ which means cares. The company was created by Ms. Beh Hooi See with three shareholders which consists of Ms. Bong Lay Wen‚ Ms. Cheng Sin Yee and Ms. Chin Pey Yee at 1st of November in the year of 2014. SOINS Sdn Bhd is an entrepreneurial firm that manufacture travel kit with toiletries ready inside. 2.2 Ownership structure SOINS Sdn Bhd is a private limited company. SOINS is formed under
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In The Land of the Free In the story "In the Land of the Free"‚ Sui Sin Far describes the sadness and melancholy of a young mother‚ Lea Choo‚ when she had to be separated from her son when they entered the U.S because her son did not have a necessary certificate entitling him to admission to this country. This story traced back to the time after 1870 when a huge number of immigrants from China arrived in the U.S. The U.S government‚ terrified by an allegedly economic depression and misperception
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First World War‚ at the time known as the ‘war to end all wars’‚ owes much of its horror and length to the slow and laborious aspect of the offensive during it‚ which makes it difficult to understand the precise reason for it finishing in an allied victory in 1918 and not in any of the previous years. Any number of events could have brought about the end of the war or the capitulation of one of the main protagonists‚ such as the Battle of the Somme‚ Verdun or even as early as the Battle of the Marne
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The seven deadly sins that plague us remain eminent in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner’s Tale and the Pardoner’s Prologue capture the essences of gluttony‚ avarice‚ and pride—all subjects he preaches against. These subjects depict the truth of the instinct and demeanor of humans. Truth has no gender and has various appealing characteristics‚ but when used as a suggestion of one’s self‚ most people view it as undesirable. He knows what he preaches and the effects that it has on
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themselves. Surprisingly‚ the American colonist defeated the hired British soldiers. How could untrained American colonist possibly beat trained British Soldiers? This essay will explain what contributed to America’s success and how they claimed victory. The location or geography of the war played a crucial impact on America’s triumph in the war. The American colonist where on their home land and knew the landscape well. This was a major advantage in the battle because‚ the colonist were able to
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“The Manifest Destiny: America’s Greatest Yet Most Selfish Victory” In 1776‚ America gained its independence from Great Britain. Sixty-five years later‚ imagine being a poor Southwestern farmer. You have no way to raise socially with your current overused land. You read in the newspaper of something called the Manifest Destiny‚ a strange phenomenon that could give you unlimited land. You immediately get the desire to move West. In the mid 1800s‚ many people wanted to and decided to move West during
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representation in the British parliament. It saw the army of well- trained soldiers and experienced generals suffer defeat to a country which had no national army or navy at the time. There are many military factors that contributed to the American victory. However the main military factors that led to and caused this win will be explored in this essay. Military factors including assistance from overseas‚ distance‚ the advantage of ‘home field’ fighting‚ the different
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